The fact that we are facing the threat of losing this today for women
and preventive care is beyond incomprehensible to me and scary. On this day today, without a woman, I also think about women, women
like Rosa Parks, the mothers, the daughters and grandchildren that took
part in the Women's March on January 21, women at the forefront of
every fight for equality. I stand today with women like my mother, Teresa, an immigrant from
Mexico, who raised a large family and who took care of my father when
he was sick and continues to support me today. I stand today to fight for equal pay for equal work because women--
and Latinas in particular--are paid only 54 cents for every $1 paid to
White men. I fight in Congress for American families so that they have economic
stability and can make ends meet and set their kids off to a brighter
future. I will continue to fight with my sisters in Congress for health
care, for immigration, and for human rights. All of these are women's
rights.
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